01634cam a22002777 4500001000700000003000500007005001700012008004100029100001900070245016700089260006600256490004200322500001500364520035700379530006100736538007200797538003600869690007000905690010000975690006701075700002001142710004201162830007701204856003801281856003701319w15043NBER20170926163633.0170926s2009 mau||||fs|||| 000 0 eng d1 aHoel, Michael.10aCan a Focus on Breakthrough Technologies Improve the Performance of International Environmental Agreements?h[electronic resource] /cMichael Hoel, Aart de Zeeuw. aCambridge, Mass.bNational Bureau of Economic Researchc2009.1 aNBER working paper seriesvno. w15043 aJune 2009.3 aIn a recent paper, Barrett (2006) reaches the conclusion that in general the answer to the question in the title is no. We show in this paper that a focus on the R&D phase in the development of breakthrough technologies changes the picture. The stability of international treaties improves and thus the possibility of realizing benefits of cooperation. aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. aMode of access: World Wide Web. 7aC72 - Noncooperative Games2Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aF42 - International Policy Coordination and Transmission2Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aQ28 - Government Policy2Journal of Economic Literature class.1 ade Zeeuw, Aart.2 aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 0aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)vno. w15043.4 uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w1504341uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w15043